Fred V. Archer

Fred V. Archer

Fred Archer pictured in Ravone 1909, Hanover yearbook
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born October 6, 1888
Vevay, Indiana
Died January 1971 (aged 82)
Winchester, Massachusetts
Alma mater Hanover College (1910)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1913 North Dakota
Head coaching record
Overall 2–4

Statistics

Fred Van Buren Archer was the head football coach for the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team. He compiled an overall record of 2–4. He was born in Vevay, Indiana in 1888.[1]

He was from Ottawa, Illinois[2] He was a graduate of Hanover College, having received a Bachelor of Sciences degree there in 1910.[3] He was also a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity during his college years. He was living in Lexington, Massachusetts in 1925.[4]

Before coming to North Dakota, Archer taught at a school in McCook, Nebraska and later, in 1912, chemistry and physics at Ottawa, Illinois.[5]

He married Gladys Richardson in Boston, Massachusetts on June 1, 1914.[6][7]

He died at Winchester, Massachusetts in 1971.[8]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Rank#
North Dakota Fighting Sioux (Independent) (1913)
1913 North Dakota 2–4
Total: 2–4
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

References

  1. ↑ "View Images —". Familysearch.org. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  2. ↑ "Full text of "The Quarterly journal of the University of North Dakota, Volume 3"". Archive.org. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  3. ↑ The Quarterly Journal - University of North Dakota - University of North Dakota - Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  4. ↑ The Phi Gamma Delta - Google Books. Books.google.ca. 2004-06-30. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  5. ↑ "The Ottawa Free Trader - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
  6. ↑ The Phi Gamma Delta - Google Books. Books.google.ca. 2004-06-30. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  7. ↑ "Person Details for Fred Van Buren Archer, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
  8. ↑ "Person Details for Fred Archer, "United States Social Security Death Index" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved 2014-09-22.